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Diving into the drama and momentum shaping MotoGP Round 2 in S6 Ep 16 · B 4EVA Kool "Race A Motorcycle" Podcast

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The Beef Forever Cool podcast. My name is Rex 45 and we try to
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be here every week with this Moto GP talk, Rd.
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Super Bike talk, Rd. America talk, motorcycle racing
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in general talk and you know, it's something that we enjoy
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doing on the show. I was fortunate enough to go
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racing this weekend. Shout out to Pan American Super
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Bike Series for, you know, having around 'cause going
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motorcycle racing, it's an awesome thing.
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But if there's not people like, you know, Pan American or Azra
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or any of these clubs around the world.
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If somebody or of a group of people that don't, don't come
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together and say hey, we're going to put this thing on so
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folks can come and you know, race and have some fun and, and
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be as safe as possible. It wouldn't be possible.
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So, you know, it was exciting for me to get back on the KTM
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and race. You know, we got Moto GP that
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happened down in Brazil. We got to talk about that with
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the gang cause a lot of chaos, a lot of a lot of controversy.
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I think I want to see if we can submit Jamaica to be a Moto GP
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spot because I think we got a viable case on our hand for
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that. But enough of my rambling.
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Let's get the gang in and and get this thing on the road.
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This to be forever cool podcast. What's going on, TJ?
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Man, how you doing tonight? Just hanging in there, we had a
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great weekend of motorcycle racing and looking forward to
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another week back-to-back. We're on Super bike and Moto GP.
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The weather's getting a little better up here in New England,
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but still a little cold. So just just we're getting there
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and I'm decided to, you know, watch some librations.
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So that's all. It seems like every time I talk
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to you, I'm saying I'm coming to Boston and it's cold when I get
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up there. So we'll be up there this week
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again. And man, I'm not looking for
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that. Can we get, can we get some Ray
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sunshine? What's going on, man?
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Hey, bring some up with you, man.
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You, you got the, you got the, the heat and the sunshine down
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there. Listen, man, we're hoarding heat
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down here 'cause it's not enough.
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So some people might be hoarding oil.
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We're hoarding heat cause not enough to go around right now.
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So if the sun is shining over here where I'm at on the Gulf
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side, I'll take it. We'll keep it moving man 'cause
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it's, it's a lot to unpack tonight for sure.
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What's going on, Reese, man, How you doing, man?
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Welcome to this show. I think I would have gotten this
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right by now, but somehow, but you know, says your name.
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What's good, man? How you doing man?
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You know, another day of work, another day of life, man.
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Just enjoying the weather and getting ready to fly out and
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head Dakota. Nice, nice man, fun times and
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Coda. I can't wait to hear all about
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it. It's going to be crazy after
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this past weekend as well. You paying attention to, you
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paying attention to any basketball, March Madness, any
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of that stuff, you got any nephews or anybody that's that's
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coming up in the ranks? I mean, I have a I have a cousin
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might be coming up. You know, he's coming, getting
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ready to start heading to college.
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He's got a couple of D1 offers. He hasn't made a decision yet.
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He's a junior, so we'll see what happens, see if you can follow
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in my footsteps. OK, OK.
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You know, listen, that's why we stepped first, right, To make it
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happen. Speaking of steps, I mean, for
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those folks that went to Brazil, I mean, you know, I've seen a
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lot of, I mean, I think the craziest condition I was at was
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asking 2017 to watch Moto GP and it was just cold and drizzling.
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So it wasn't that crazy for me. I think 2019 CODA was a little
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bit chilly too. But it has to be the craziest
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rain that we've seen at a Moto GP track in a while, right?
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Usually there's wars that's stopping racing going on.
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What are your thoughts on the rain and condition?
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We're not going to talk about the track yet, but just the
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amount of rain that happened the Thursday into Friday.
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Ah, yeah. You want to go TJ?
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I mean you can start it off all. Right, Reese, That's what's up.
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I mean, I started off, I mean it was that was some crazy rain to,
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you know, to come in like that and then go out, you know,
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during what was that the practice, free practice.
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They kind of came in like a, you know, like a storm and then went
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out and almost looked like a Florida rain, like come out of
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nowhere and then go out there almost like that.
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So that was kind of unique, kind of different.
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I mean, they were the teams are always were prepared for it.
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They knew it was something was coming.
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It just was sad. Just didn't see a lot of guys go
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back out, I mean or get out there before the rain come to
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put their fat lap down and they get stuck.
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So that was kind of just unfortunate, but it all worked
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out. Right.
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It's kind of like a, a, a, you know, from a behind, you know,
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from a guy that works in the paddock, you know it, this is
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data you kind of just throw away, right?
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Because it's like we can't really use it because you can't.
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This is not something you can you want, you wouldn't want to
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use hopefully because the conditions won't happen like
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that again. But for the first time at a
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track to you, you really can't collect, collect any great data.
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I mean, maybe race day because race day wasn't bad, but as far
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as Friday, there's no data that you can really collect because
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just the way the weather was. I mean, you can collect a little
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bit of data. You can't collect too much.
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I mean, just because you really didn't get out there, don't know
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what you kind of just everybody kind of just set up.
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That's kind of it, but you, you can't collect some of it because
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you want to collect from a new track, you want to collect as
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much data as you can to prepare for next year, you know, or to
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if they do go back. So there is certain things that
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they do want to collect from that because if you see, you
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know, it seemed like everybody was going down and turn 4 so.
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Right, right, right. Yeah, no doubt.
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That was a crazy part. Crazy.
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We don't get to that. TJ, what are your thoughts on
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the rain? I mean, you know, I, you know, I
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always joke and say that I'm going to get a little inflatable
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rafts. So just in case there's a flood
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and go because you know, that's that's a couple of spots where
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they were underwater and they got like for it too, which is
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also tough as a new, you know, coming back to Brazil, it's not
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a new track because it's been around for well over 30 years.
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But for the Moto GP to go back to it.
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So what are your thoughts? When you saw the weather, did
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you think Moto GP was going to be cancelled?
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Well, going into the weekend for sure, I thought there was going
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to be some type of delay because of the weather.
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I mean, for the pictures that we saw before leading up to the
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weekend, you saw the floods. So it's kind of like interesting
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to see what what the layout was going to be.
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And it actually turned out to be pretty decent.
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I mean, the rain kind of was off and on, you know, after, you
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know, it's pretty much flooded and the riders actually was able
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to chase some fast times as best they can.
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Why it was dry enough and then the rain picked up again.
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And it's just, you know, and then basically, yeah, you got to
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have your surf board on the side just to make sure you don't get
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flooded so you can get a way out.
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But that laid up LED up to more track conditions where it caused
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delays, where they had to do some track work.
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And I'm sure this is a a big test where, you know, you don't
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know what to expect when, you know, big Grand Prix comes to
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your, you know, race track. So I'm sure they they can
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correct any mistake that they made in the future if they go to
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the next round. But their response time to all
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this was really well. So every delay that happened
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because of the weather and the rain, the marshals stepped up
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and took care of it to actually make sure the Grand Prix went on
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and it turned out good. Right, so let me ask this guy
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before we actually talk about the race, let's get all the the
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the dry stuff out the way. In hindsight, should they have
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rescheduled this race? I mean, I say that because the,
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the, the, they cut the, the GP by like 6 laps or 8 laps or
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whatever the case may be. A lot of riders complain about
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the asphalt kicking up the whole time.
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I mean, it's like, you know, going to a paintball place and
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everybody's just shooting at you, you know what I'm saying?
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So in hindsight, you know, I, I know they made the best of it
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and it went on, but you know, a lot of riders went down and they
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had to. Do a lot I.
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Mean they cut half the track, not half the track, but they
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they cut out the section to rebuild it to go racing, yeah.
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I mean, that's I, I, I, I mean, if they didn't reschedule it and
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then it happened at another time, like I think the same
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results probably would have happened, you know, similar.
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So I think you had to do a, a run whenever.
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I think that was probably the best time.
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Just the rain was just the bad part.
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Can't. Can't.
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I don't know. We can't do that about Mother
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Nature. Well, I mean, you know, listen,
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I mean, I, I, you know, I, I used to work for the, the water
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department in Boston and we, and I didn't dig, but I was part of
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dig cruise and, and, you know, we'd have to go back, you know,
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some a few days later because the things will settle.
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So it's not like you, you just, you know, patch, you know, you
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know, tamper down and all that and you're good to go.
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Mother Nature still has to happen.
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And, and, and so like when I, when I saw that, I thought, wow,
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like these guys are still going to go out there and go 110% and
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again, like the debris and all that stuff kicking up.
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I mean, Reese, you know, you've been at the racetrack for years.
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I mean is this like the the craziest track repair that you
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have seen? I've never seen no damn track
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repair like that. I've never seen, I mean, here's
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my intake on that. I mean, to actually have the
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equipment ready to go, that should have told you something's
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wrong with this track because I've never seen the equipment on
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standby. Like to cut a square, pat a hole
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that deep and patch it and then flatten it back down and let it
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cure. What are we doing here?
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Like while we erased it, this would have been at that point,
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race cancel. We come back at another time and
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let's redo this. Like that's crazy.
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That's, you know, and, and it sounds like, I mean from what
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Alex Marquez has publicly said and maybe another rider is like
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the whole child's, like the whole track needs to be
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resurfaced. So the question is how much do
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they pay for the track to get fixed and the whole the complex
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to get built? Because it sounded like they
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literally knocked everything down and build it up.
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So I, you know, Lewis is not here at the moment, but this is
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where we start looking at receipts, right?
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Right. You got to start looking at
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receipts and how much they paid for this track to get surfaced.
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Did they ask them to lay it down right?
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No. Did they have the correct stuff
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under the tracks? So because they actually show
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pictures of the track and you can actually see like different
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chunks of it missing. I don't know why are you still
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riding on this? Like this isn't safe.
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This isn't fun no more. And like I said before, it was I
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don't know how many guys went down in turn 4 or does it seem
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like turn 4:00 and after that was just a slide fest.
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It was like going down. Yeah, it was.
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It was so I. Mean almost.
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It was after like Marquez, but it was like those guys went
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down. It was a qualifying too, right?
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That's when they pushed it back fine too, because all those
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crashes. Yeah, man, it it, it's, it's
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pretty crazy to see. And it wasn't just one location
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and that the track was bad, like you said.
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And also you can see the I mean, what was shown.
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You can see the guys next where they that was all beat up from
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being hit with with with with loose asphalt, you know, which
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is crazy. So how how I mean, thankfully no
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screens were broken and because of it.
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But like, how can you concentrate?
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I mean, I know I'm wrong. You get rubber kicked up in your
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face on a track. You know, you hit a bug on the
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track or whatever the case may be, you know, or maybe sometimes
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it's it's a it's a bolt or a screw, right, You know what I'm
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saying, from the bike in front of you and stuff like that.
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But how, you know, like how, how can you be that locked in just
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getting peppered with asphalt? Honestly, yeah, go TJ.
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You got that one. I mean you stay, stay below the
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windscreen. I mean, when you lock in like
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you, you, just you, you don't feel anything really unless you
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go down. I mean, I mean you.
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You do feel those. You do feel those?
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Pebbles that be hitting you, but like, I mean, you got to be
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locked in and I said I don't know, it's just dude, it's like
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like you try to win. One or two hitting you in the
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mechas are one thing, but it sounds like it was just like.
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It's just like if there's bikes in front of you, you're getting
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hit with something. Yeah, I mean, they ain't going
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to stop, you know they ain't going to stop like, hey, hey,
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coach I there's too many rusts out there.
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I mean, the the summer parts of the pavement really look bad.
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It looked like up here up north after the snowstorm, it's like
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it looks like a little rough Rd. potholes a little bit.
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And yeah, I'm sure that's not fun to ride on and to get hit
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with pebbles. Yeah, that definitely that's
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good. They definitely can't quit and
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got to go all in. So it's hard to find the line
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where in where in most of the pebbles are in and I don't
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that's that's tough, tough to tough to go through.
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Yeah, OK. So.
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It sounds like Reese would reschedule, would have
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rescheduled and you said the show must go on is that is that?
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I mean, I get it. The show has got to go on.
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It does it has to go on, but at the point of there's a point of
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safety, you know what I mean? There was a lot of riders saying
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that it felt like the ground was moving from under them.
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Like it felt like the ground was just moving.
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So and then the way you the way I saw the pictures, it was like,
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what are we riding on? There was like not even a smooth
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surface, nothing. And I'm like, this is, this is
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madness, you know? And then to sit here in the
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middle of the race or the middle of the, you know, sessions, hey,
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there's a sinkhole forming right there and then a sinkhole like,
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OK, what's going on? Let's get this fixed.
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So somebody's engineering got screwed up.
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Something got screwed up, but something's wrong, right?
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No. Definitely that's, that's the
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dry part of the show folks, but we have to talk about it.
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It was, it was crazy to see. And just even just the, you
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know, I, I'll say this, right, I prefer races and I'll ask you
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guys. I prefer races that on different
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time zones than where I'm at because then I can usually watch
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it wake up and it's odd. It's like waiting for a race at
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3:00 PM my time and come on. I fear you on that.
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I was just like, I had it on the liver room and I was just like,
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what's going on? All right?
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So had to pace around, do something.
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I just wasn't used. To it.
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You know, being on our schedule, but next week, is this week's
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going to do the same thing? Yeah, I.
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Know that's what I'm saying. Do we want more Moto GP in
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America? Don't get me wrong you.
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Know. Just just earn it at a different
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time. All right, guys, let's let's
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talk about qualifying. Qualifying 2.
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You know, I guess we can talk about B1 a little bit.
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New track for everyone, I guess. Well, let's go to, you know,
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free practice 1 and practice and practice 2.
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New track for one, you know, the first practice we saw you know,
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people who would not be normally upfront was upfront and we saw
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that through I mean until it got really to Q2, we kind of saw
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that, right. Guys, what are your thoughts?
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Like, you know, is it that just, you know, some people can just
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adapt to a new track or the really fast guys just take a
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little bit longer to go fast or or maybe it was the track
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condition? I mean, I say it was like a
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little bit of both. It was 1.
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The track condition was crappy, but then each track has a
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different layout for a certain different bikes.
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This may be a bike for a shorter, you know, for a shorter
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wheelbase instead of a longer wheelbase.
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Or maybe something that plays out where one bike has more
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corner speed such as the Yamaha or such as you know, the Aprilia
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was really well in this. So it goes all based off a
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riding style and what they like and how you can feel and what
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you can do. So I mean, it was nice to see
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Johann Zarco up there. It was nice to see some of the
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other hitters up there. It was nice to see Quattro go
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straight through the Q2 with top rack.
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So it was nice. You know, the guy that actually
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did surprise me a lot was Fabio Digitonio, you know, Digi and
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Jorge, Jorge Martin. That was actually 2 surprises
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for me. Yeah, I know.
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We didn't. I didn't.
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I didn't pick Martine. I mean, I know he did fairly
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well in the first round and I wish I had picked them instead
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of my boy Mobideli, but we'll talk about that too.
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They. Talk about your boy Pekka too.
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Your boy Pekka over there. On the, on the, on the chart,
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the sheet. So we'll, we'll, we'll, we'll
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talk about him as we come along. What's your thoughts TJ man on
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on qualifying and how these guys did and and who surprised you?
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I mean, yeah, the the first session, everyone's getting
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their feet wet just to see what the track layout is looking
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like, and especially with the rain on and off and on.
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And the practice was pretty interesting because like, it was
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pretty cool to see Top Rank up there knowing that it was mixed
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conditions. But it kind of gave him some
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confidence, you know, just to show that he can hang with these
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guys in a way. And I agree with Reese.
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It was good to see Horry Martini back up there doing pretty well
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and practicing qualifying and especially Digi because we
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haven't heard his name in a while.
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The Yamahas looked OK, much better than the KTMS.
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They just could not find their way at all.
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Besides Pedro. Costco did OK getting up into
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Q2, but as far as that, I thought the surprise was just,
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you know, Zarko obviously because the the wet conditions
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that was kind of expected to see him up there because you know,
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he likes that stuff. But I thought, I thought it was
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overall good to see, you know, Martine and Mark and and Digi up
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there. Got you.
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What are your thoughts, guy guys on Ferman, Alligator, Iagura,
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you know, these are guys that were are very being very
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competitive as rookies right now in in the GP.
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You mentioned Zarko. I mean, you know, Bagni as well,
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even though you know, he, you know, he, he made it.
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He qualified 11th on the grid, crashed out.
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You know, what do you, what do you what, what are your thoughts
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on? Let's talk about the rookies
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before we get into Ducati. What are your thoughts on Iagura
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and Furman? Because they they qualify 6th
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and 7th on the grid. I mean it for what they did Al
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Daguerre Algora and what's the kid?
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I can't think of the can't say the name now from Brazil.
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Oh DA. Yeah, DA did really well too.
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Right. They all did very well.
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They did. They did extremely well.
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I mean, Altiger did very well for still not 100% being very
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still being hurt. You know, I it's just they're
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coming along on their bikes very, very rapidly.
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You know better than any other guys that came in there except
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for like Acosta and all those. But they're coming there, man.
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I can't Agora. I mean, he was, he was very
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impressive. Agora was very impressive.
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Yeah, he finished fifth with Sprint.
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I think he finished. Let me check the GP.
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Definitely. He finished fifth with the
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Sprint and GP 5th as well. I mean, he's a rookie, you know
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what I mean, right? I mean, so it just suits them.
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I mean it it's they, they can, you can see that they've been
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working on their craft and they come along very well and you
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know, they have what it takes to be in there for a little bit
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all. Right, no doubt.
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Well, let's, let's get into the nuts and bolts of it.
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Let's talk about Ducati. Marquez won the Sprint, but he
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won the Sprint because Digi made a mistake.
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Is that is that fair to say? Oh.
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Yeah, DJ, Yeah. You know, the pressure was on
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Digi the whole time. He knew it so he could not make
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a mistake and it sucks that he made his stake pretty much at
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the last moment. But yeah, Mark definitely took
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advantage of that. But I think he had a one if he
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didn't make a mistake. So that's all in him.
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But then again, we didn't expect to see Digi up at the top, you
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know, especially in the spring race.
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So I I call it a win for him anyway, even though he got
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second and he came out strong also in in the actual Grand
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Prix. So yeah, I gave it to Digi for
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that. OK, OK.
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What are your thoughts there, Reese, on Marquez and Digi?
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You know, you agree with what TJ is saying.
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And also let's just talk about Martine.
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This is his first podium since clinching his world title over a
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year ago. You know what, What are your
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thoughts on the Sprint race and and how these three guys did?
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I mean on the Sprint race, I mean, if Javio, the pressure
25:00
that was on him, he knew it. I mean, it's it's a lot of
25:04
pressure on you. You're going to pass that board
25:06
and you see 93 point, I mean 0.00 so that that right there
25:13
was send anybody's heart to their throat.
25:14
So you're like, oh God, here he comes, you know, so but for what
25:19
he did was very impressive. And, you know, as as a, you
25:25
know, a racer or a guy that plays sports himself, I'm going
25:28
to say the same thing. A win is a win.
25:30
You know, I'll take the win by anybody, hook or crook, you
25:33
know. So for Mark, I mean, it was
25:35
there. I mean, hey, my job is to put
25:37
all the pressure on you and make, you know, get you to make
25:40
a mistake. And if you make a mistake, I'll
25:43
take the I'll pounce on it. You know, Mark did what he had
25:46
to do. He made, you know, Fabio made a
25:49
simple mistake, ran wide and Mark went inside and, you know,
25:53
Fabio couldn't recover from that in time.
25:55
So I mean, that was there and for, you know, Jorge Martin, I
25:59
mean, that was impressive to come back from the injury that
26:03
he sustained and from him. 3 injuries.
26:08
Well, yeah, there you go three, you know, try effect the injury,
26:13
but it was impressive to see what he did.
26:15
You know, I still think he needed to stop crying and stop
26:18
being a whiner, but it just riot.
26:21
And I give the I give them respect for a rider, but I don't
26:26
get respect as a person because you just cry too much.
26:28
Stop crying. Just ride.
26:30
I mean, you get paid to do this. I mean, if he was put all his
26:33
effort in the riding and doing what he's supposed to do and not
26:37
have. I mean, I know a lot of
26:38
Spaniards talk a lot of trash. I mean, I do as well, but just
26:41
ride the bike and just do what you got to do and I think you'll
26:44
go along. I think you can go a long way.
26:46
I know this is is last year on Aprilia.
26:49
I know they from what I hear he is definitely not returning so.
26:55
He does no, no doubt which is which is which is definitely
27:00
unfortunate. Let's talk about Bez.
27:03
Bez finished fourth in fourth in the Sprint.
27:05
He was a finishing for the Martine.
27:07
I mean, if you're bad, you're a little bit worried because
27:12
Martine finished in front of you.
27:14
Obviously we know what happened in the GP, but at the end of the
27:17
Sprint, because I was kind of like, man, what happened to Bez,
27:20
how he let, how, how, how he let my team finish in front of them.
27:24
But some people are really fast in, in 15 laps and some people
27:27
are not as fast in, you know, 23 laps.
27:31
But you know, we got, what are your thoughts on, you know, Bez
27:33
finishing fourth? I mean, he stayed on the bike,
27:35
which is great because he crashed out of the first round.
27:38
Magura again finished fifth. We got 3 Aprilias in the top
27:43
five. You know, I'm going to segue
27:46
into, like I've been saying since last year, Ducati's in
27:49
trouble. So that's what I'm going to be
27:50
going to. What are your thoughts on, you
27:52
know best where he finished? Is it a situation?
27:56
Obviously he collected the points, but what are your
27:58
thoughts? I thought, I thought him
28:03
finishing fourth, yeah, we probably want to see him on a
28:06
podium for most of the season, but fourth is not bad at all.
28:11
As you see he struggled coming into this, the Sprint.
28:16
So like it was a little harder for him to find the setup.
28:19
And I was just thinking like how they were approached this
28:22
weekend. If they have no data, I mean if
28:23
you have 4 bites, I'm sure they would have a setup for all of
28:27
them and see who would have the best setup and possibly go with
28:31
that one. Maybe just didn't have the right
28:32
setup at the time. But pulling off 4 plays, you
28:36
know, you still top five South, you know, he didn't lose too
28:40
much points. He got 6 points out of the Max
28:43
12, so didn't really fall too behind on that.
28:48
And obviously he did well in the GP race.
28:50
But as far as being worried about Jorge finishing in front
28:54
of him, kind of probably he's like in a way happy that he's
28:58
actually, you know, up there with him.
29:02
But I don't think he's right about that right now.
29:04
I'll say maybe a couple of races down the line if they, you know,
29:07
rubbing paint and they'd probably be like, right, like
29:10
get out of the way, but. Right.
29:11
And, and what do you think about the, you know, three-year per
29:14
year's top five? I mean, it's kind of impressive
29:19
right now to see this like just because you know, some some
29:23
teams or some vice don't really find their way until a couple of
29:26
rounds in and I feel like a Prairie it just has it already
29:30
figured out, you know, and still improving.
29:35
So I think it's pretty impressive to have them all
29:39
those appraised up there. And Ducati I'm sure is just
29:43
worried a little bit. A.
29:45
Little bit a little bit, but your thoughts just?
29:47
A little bit. A little bit we have thoughts
29:50
based on Bez Sprint. I agree with Aprilia where
29:54
they're at. It was impressive what Mark and
29:57
and Didja did. I mean, I think the Aprilia bike
30:05
was very solid for, for where they started to where they're at
30:09
now, you know, going back with Ilasa Espargo, I mean, I think
30:14
they're very solid. You know, you, they're, they're,
30:17
they are the ones to beat Ducati.
30:20
They are the ones that everyone's going against and
30:22
looking at. I don't think Ducati's going to
30:24
run away with it like they'd normally been doing.
30:27
I think they are the next big thing to come along.
30:29
So I mean, for where they were, that for all four of them, I
30:35
mean, or all three because, you know, Fernandez wasn't there
30:38
that much, but I think they're the next big thing, man.
30:44
I agree. What are your thoughts on
30:47
Ducati? As far as you know, we see put
30:51
it Alex. Alex finished 7th.
30:53
Bagnaya he stayed on the bike, he finished eighth.
30:57
Mobodeli finished 16th. Am I missing a Ducati?
31:01
Nope, that's it. You know, they they kind of
31:04
struggled this weekend as well, even though mark one and this
31:07
year finished second and finished third in in the GP
31:11
race. I mean this this is I mean they
31:14
back on the podium. But is this a like, can Ducati
31:17
look at this and like feel good about where they're at?
31:19
I mean, if you're the Celtics or you know, you're the bulls and
31:23
you know, these teams that got a lot of rings, it's like a couple
31:26
of a couple of wins is not that's not where we're trying to
31:28
get to. We're trying to get to that
31:29
world title every year. I mean, what are your thoughts
31:32
DJ? I'm sure Gigi and all they're
31:37
not happy. You can't just rely on Mark to
31:40
pull the way, you know, like Petco needs to step up.
31:43
I mean, yeah, he got 8th in the Sprint.
31:47
He never really like sprints from day one anyway.
31:49
So like in the GP is his his way of the ride and he's not doing
31:53
well. I'm sure MO Videli could have
31:55
done better, but if he listened to his team and not run out of
31:58
gas leading up to qualifying to not be in Q1 and and start in
32:03
the back, probably could have a better situation.
32:06
So it's like things ain't working out right now.
32:08
Like, you know, Digi definitely saved it, you know, a little
32:13
bit, but you can't just rely on Mark and Petco is going to step
32:18
up. And I, I just think that, you
32:21
know, Gigi should might have something up his sleeve, but
32:25
this is not where they want to be.
32:26
They want to be more competitive, especially being so
32:29
dominant. They just want to fall off the
32:31
Cliff like that. Not saying that they are, but
32:34
they got to figure something out.
32:35
Yeah, I mean it, it is, it is a struggle.
32:38
I'll talk to Reese MO about that.
32:40
I'll ask this about Mobodeli. And I said this before, is he
32:43
going to be a Moto GP next year? Because his antics, because his
32:47
antics is, is just, I mean, I'll say this if you, if you guys, I
32:50
know you guys know who Tony Yayo is.
32:52
And I'll, but I don't know if you guys in the clip of 50
32:55
talking about, you know, Tony Yayo is the type of friend that
32:59
you know, he'll, he he knows he did something wrong.
33:02
He'll apologize for it, but he's not really apologizing.
33:05
He's just saying, you know, I'm going to do it next time, right?
33:07
It's like more, but it's just shooting himself in the court,
33:14
you know what I'm saying? And he's probably a loyal dude.
33:15
Like, yeah, yo, but like, come on, man.
33:18
Like, you know, what are you? What are you thoughts PJ?
33:23
I mean, yeah, he just don't listen.
33:26
I mean, I don't think, I think this might be his last season if
33:29
he, I mean they're going to the new bike.
33:31
So the contracts are he might be one of the last ones if
33:34
anything. But yeah, he's just don't.
33:38
He has to, he has to bring some results.
33:40
So if he doesn't, I don't see him.
33:44
I agree, unless he got photos, unless he got photos of people
33:47
or something of people, it's going to be hard for you to
33:49
think emoji. And this is on doing, which is
33:50
quite sad because there's a lot of other people that's left from
33:53
the Moto GP and it's not their own doing.
33:56
I mean, you know, I've been saying this since last year,
33:59
Reese. I mean, Ducati, they've been
34:01
messing up that people might have thought I was Dennis
34:04
Pedrozo and Pedrozo was saying the Honda was messing up, but
34:07
yet Marcus still winning. I mean the the Ducati look kind
34:11
of they're they're looking more suspicious.
34:13
I'm I'm not I'm not looking like a conspiracy theorist right now.
34:16
I'm I'm looking, you know what I'm saying?
34:20
I mean, you got one guy that can ride the bike really well and
34:23
thank God for did you, because he he was able to get out in
34:25
front of Mark, But everybody else seems to be struggling on
34:29
these bikes. I mean, you know, you're on the
34:30
inside. I mean, this is where we do we
34:33
start looking at the boss at this point.
34:35
No, you're not starting to get the balls because you got to
34:37
look at the, you got to look at the results.
34:39
I mean, if two guys are doing very well, why are they doing
34:42
very well and why are the other guys not?
34:44
It's not the bosses. I mean, it's sometimes down to a
34:48
point where the bike is well, they just got to ride around it.
34:50
And that's sometimes where it comes down to riders got to ride
34:53
around the issues and got to ride around a little, certain
34:56
little things. There's nothing's ever going to
34:57
be 100%, but in this case is 2 guys is up top top five and the
35:05
other guys disappeared. So you know, you got to look at
35:08
it like the bike is OK, we're there.
35:12
Where do we need to get you guys at?
35:13
What do we need to do to make you guys a little bit more
35:15
comfortable? But then it's again, you can't
35:19
take away so much or do so much because here's comes the issue.
35:22
If I do this, you're going to lose this on this side, you're
35:24
going to lose this, you know, or you'll gain here, but you lose
35:27
here, you know, So it's just sometimes, you know, you have to
35:31
as a writer, got to change up certain things and got to put it
35:33
in perspective and say, OK, I got to be able to do this.
35:37
And that's where Pekka, Alex Marquez, they're all there and
35:42
they need to figure out what they need to do.
35:43
And hey, let's let's just get it and and more fidelity.
35:46
And you know, that's just another topic with him.
35:49
Right. But I mean, you know, it's only
35:52
the second round. So I'm, I'm not, you know, I'm,
35:55
I'm, I'm, I'm not losing my mind or anything like that.
35:59
It's possible. I mean, two things could be both
36:01
possible. But I mean, when you look at the
36:06
GP race and you look at for Marquez and you look at the
36:10
Sprint race where he won, but he won because somebody made a
36:12
mistake. I mean, he, he can't be it, it,
36:16
it not just that he can't be the reference, but like, you know,
36:20
now you got three guys looking at him like, oh, I can take you.
36:25
Yeah, but then you got to look at it like this, too, with
36:26
Marquez. Marquez is still coming off of
36:28
an injury, you know, so certain little movements or tweaks may,
36:34
you know, kind of send that injury into a little spiral and
36:37
he's like, all right, this doesn't feel too great.
36:39
So, you know, that could be the case, you know, so we're also
36:42
looking at that. So, you know, you got to take,
36:44
you got to take that into consideration that his injury
36:47
could be playing an effector on him.
36:49
And that track wasn't the greatest.
36:51
A lot of things are moving around and like sliding.
36:53
He's like, yeah, I don't want to.
36:54
And he's at that point of stage of his life, like, I'm not
36:59
trying to go down again and get seriously hurt.
37:01
You listen, I mean, I, you know, I should have been a lawyer
37:04
because, you know, I'm not leading the witness.
37:06
But I mean, did he get shook this weekend because of the
37:10
injuries? I mean, he could have got a
37:12
little bit shook. I mean, but like I said, at the
37:15
same time, do you really want to get hurt again?
37:17
That's. What I'm saying, because I'm
37:20
like is is like, is this a thing that's like, you know, because I
37:24
think when Hond when the Honda jacked up Lorenzo's back, that
37:28
was the writing on the wall. You know, like I'm not getting
37:31
another Moto G bike again. OK, how many titles?
37:34
And when you start saying things like when he, when Marcus starts
37:37
saying things like I'll sign on the dotted line if I don't get
37:40
get injured again, you know what I'm saying?
37:43
Like that's what I want to sign up for.
37:44
You know what I'm saying? When he's publicly saying that,
37:47
you already know he's, that's where he's at.
37:49
I'm not trying to get hurt again.
37:52
Right. I mean, he doesn't want to get
37:53
hurt. I mean, he's like, I'll sign up
37:55
on the dotted line and, and call it a day if I don't get hurt,
37:58
you know, if something doesn't want to kill him, you know, and
38:02
that's where he's at. And I, I feel the same way.
38:04
Like, I don't want to get killed.
38:05
You know, he promises his grandfather certain things.
38:08
And he's like, yo, man, I'm not trying to get destroyed.
38:11
I got the money and you know, I got all the money.
38:14
Right. Right.
38:15
So, so, OK, so, so again, it sounds like what we're hearing
38:19
guys is that Ducati's in trouble, could be in trouble
38:23
this year. Go ahead, T you got that.
38:30
Just a yes or no, that's it. I think it's a yes because if
38:34
Echo doesn't step up, I mean, are we going to rely on Digi
38:40
and, you know, are we going to lie on Mobideli?
38:43
I I when. I rely on Digi.
38:47
I rely on Digi and Marquez. Those are the two riders I think
38:50
I will rely on at this point on the on right.
38:52
On that I agree with. I agree with you on that, Rex.
38:57
I mean, yeah, I mean. I.
38:59
I think they still have to worry because.
39:02
You all. For someone who's on top, they
39:04
always want to stay there, you know, You know, you don't want
39:07
to go through the struggles like Honda's going through.
39:10
You don't want to get set back like that.
39:12
You know you want to still, if you get set back, still have be
39:16
in the playing field where you can just jump back on top again.
39:20
And Pekko is, I think, the dark horse where he's going to have
39:25
to get back to his own ways. He's a two times, he's a
39:30
champion. So he needs to not be afraid of
39:33
what March doing or, you know, last year he was crying about
39:37
the setup. Hopefully, you know, he came, he
39:40
came into the season very happy and open, very ready, set to go
39:45
and it just hasn't been as well as the start hasn't been that
39:49
good so. Yeah, well, I, I, I agree that
39:52
the start hasn't been good as far as this round, you know,
39:57
track conditions and stuff like that.
39:59
So, you know, but it's not just it's all those guys now.
40:04
I mean you, we see Alex is struggling as well.
40:07
He's on a 26 bike. So, you know, care for what you
40:09
wish for, right, 'cause we see him struggling and.
40:14
You know, we, like I said, Digia pulled one out of the hat and
40:17
he, I mean, he probably should have been in front of Mark in
40:19
both races and they figured it out in the Sprint race.
40:23
But like it's only the IT was only the second round and coded
40:28
this this weekend. I mean, if you're Ducati, are
40:31
you worrying? Are you, are you, are you, you
40:34
know, is it just business as usual?
40:36
We'll take the L at this track and and move on.
40:39
Or you know, you'll feel weakness because there's some
40:42
bikes that didn't crash that much this weekend.
40:45
Can't do it. I mean there.
40:46
Is some bikes. No, I was just jumping in
40:49
Gary's. I was just saying you can't do
40:51
that. You got to every round.
40:54
Can't let no rounds go. We can't let no points slip.
40:57
You got to go 100% every time. I mean, I agree with TJ.
41:02
You got to, you got to grab as maximum points you can because
41:06
you never know, the last round could come down to five points.
41:10
It can come down to two points. You never know what it's going
41:13
to come down to. I mean, racing is racing and
41:16
anything can happen in racing. You know, the leader can go down
41:19
and crash out one whole race and 0 points right there, you know,
41:23
now we got a whole new, you know, swing of points.
41:28
Is Zuccotti in trouble? I mean, it's still a little
41:32
early. I mean, you do have Gigi over
41:34
there, the mastermind, and that's that's like a smoke, an
41:38
ace in the smoking gun with him, you know, once he's figured out
41:42
what's going on. Belichick at As you know, at
41:45
some point you know if aids, right?
41:48
Right, so I mean with him over there, I mean, I don't think
41:52
you're in trouble. Now here we come to CODA.
41:58
You know where you know, it's this is like they said, even
42:01
Pekka and Mark said that this is one of the most technical tracks
42:04
in their in the circuit coming up.
42:07
It's technical and you know you got the weather condition with
42:10
the extreme heat, so it does play a factor.
42:14
So we'll see how they do here and then hopefully they do well
42:17
here and hopefully they do well maybe the next two rounds after
42:20
this. If they do, then no, I don't say
42:23
they're in trouble. But if they start sliding after
42:26
the 4th and 5th round then then we got a problem.
42:30
OK. So by the time they get to
42:32
Europe, if if they're not being more consistent.
42:36
Is a problem, correct? I mean because it's only the
42:39
first two rounds. You can make your mistakes here
42:42
and come back solid. I mean, you see, I've seen
42:46
people come back solid in the second-half of the season and
42:48
turn the whole season around so. Right.
42:50
I mean, it's, it's one thing when you're a writer.
42:52
So I think when you're a manufacturer and been on, you
42:55
know, the podium 88 times and then and then and then miss it
42:58
and then, you know, I mean, you're back on.
43:00
So you thought you restart the clock, you got 2 podiums now.
43:04
But let's let's talk about Honda.
43:06
I mean, you know, Honda, they struggled at this track overall,
43:10
even though Zaco had, you know, a fast day and mayor was looking
43:15
good. You know, what are your thoughts
43:19
on Honda overall and what they did?
43:21
Because I was expecting more out of Honda this past round.
43:29
I mean, I definitely was expecting more out of out of
43:32
Honda this round just for the pace that they've been on
43:35
lately. It sucks to see Zarko, you know,
43:39
start the way he did and and didn't finish the Sprint as well
43:42
as Joanne Meer and just to see Joanne Meer go down again and
43:49
it's just like, come on. Like bro, you have to stay up
43:52
this whole year. That is supposed to be a goal.
43:54
I mean, I know it's hard, but you know, Honda's on to
43:58
something and they need the points for him and you know, he
44:01
didn't, He had an incomplete weekend, so.
44:05
If I'm Honda, I'm keeping Luca and getting rid of me just
44:10
because of the crash factor. Yeah, I would.
44:12
I would. It would have to come down to
44:14
that. It would have to come down to
44:16
that. I mean, in the spring where
44:17
Luther finished eleven, like didn't get any points, but he
44:21
finished, you know, yeah, I just, I guess as re said, these
44:28
first two rounds you get you you have a chance to make a mistake
44:31
even though you shouldn't leave anything on the table.
44:33
But hopefully since no one had data at this track that they can
44:37
just bounce back at the next round at Coda, even though
44:41
that's going to be another difficult 1 so.
44:44
Right, right, right. Reese with your thoughts, man,
44:46
on Honda, do you feel the same way as TJ and myself?
44:50
Like they, they should have done better.
44:52
They, they, they show glimpses of it.
44:56
And is it just, you know, the weather juju that just jacked
44:59
them up? I mean, they should have done
45:01
better. I mean they should have done a
45:03
whole lot better. I wish Luka Malini was up there.
45:06
And man, I just wish Juwan Mirror can stay the hell on a
45:09
bike some days. Like I, I don't even know what
45:11
the crash bill looks like with him.
45:12
I don't even know what that crash bill look like.
45:18
I've seen crash bills man, and they're not pretty, but man, I
45:25
wish they'd, I wish the Japanese bikes themselves were just
45:28
better. You know, all the Jack brands
45:30
were up there. I mean, we got all the, the
45:32
European ones, we got the, we got them all up there.
45:35
I just wish the Jack boys were back and come up there and
45:38
figure this out. And I mean from what I know, I
45:41
mean a lot of bikes are going back to Europe now.
45:45
So hopefully with that being said, like a lot of bikes are
45:48
getting past that euro spec bullshit 5.
45:50
So hopefully we can actually see some Japanese people start
45:54
making progress away. Right, right, right.
45:56
Why are we making anyway? That's a different show, but
46:00
Honda is a brand that you know, it looks better than than than
46:04
the Yamaha. I think they got the best chance
46:09
to be if if Aprilia's won, because Aprilia's looking like
46:12
they won when you got a guy named Bazecki win 4 races in a
46:17
row and there's only Lorenzo, Rossi, Bagnaya.
46:23
Am I missing anybody that's done that?
46:25
There might be one person I'm missing that's done.
46:27
I said Marquez. Marquez as well, obviously.
46:30
Yeah, Marquez. So, you know, he's won four in a
46:33
row and he's doing it almost like, you know, like laughing in
46:40
this way, Like, like nobody's taking them serious, You know
46:43
what I'm saying? Like, no, like people look at
46:44
Martine. They take Martine serious.
46:46
They look at Acosta. Oh, he's a real racer, Bez.
46:50
They just like, you know, I want to say he's Sideshow Bob, but
46:53
he's just like, he's just smiling away like I got another
46:56
win. I mean, you got to take the guy
47:00
serious. You got to take him serious.
47:02
There's no shot. I mean, the what was the seconds
47:05
he won by how many seconds he won by this race?
47:08
Yeah. That's impressive.
47:09
Yeah, yeah. 3.2. Yeah, he had a, he had a, he had
47:16
a major gap. At one point.
47:17
I was like, Jesus Christ, dude. Yeah, I mean, he had, yeah,
47:20
exactly. The only person that was able to
47:22
catch him was Martine. I'll get close enough to him
47:25
because like and and at that type of point, Martine was in
47:28
trouble as well. So yeah, so I mean, you know, a
47:32
Honda looks like the the brand to catch these guys, right?
47:35
No. No.
47:41
I. Can't give you that one, no.
47:46
We had no data. Do you want me to keep crashing?
47:49
Right. I mean, you got one that crashes
47:51
and one that shows up once in a blue moon, I mean.
47:55
So so is it? Is it I?
47:57
I heard the guys on Moto GP comment commentary saying April
48:01
is the new reference. You guys agree with that?
48:05
I agree. I can agree with that.
48:08
I mean they are the new reference one.
48:13
Who else is? Who else is there beside Ducati?
48:16
And, and they just had, like I said last year, man, they're
48:19
messing up, but they ain't want to see it.
48:20
But we've seen it. Now let's talk about, you know,
48:29
I feel worse for KTM than I do Yamaha because I think we knew
48:33
what Yamaha was going through. But when you got a guy like
48:35
Acosta doing what he's doing, and even though he's giving the
48:38
bike, like he's giving the bike the finger, he's still the
48:41
fastest KTM guy by by a mile. I mean, that's that like that's
48:46
a problem, right? I mean, do you do this is do you
48:49
fire all your riders and get new riders?
48:52
I mean, I don't know why you have vanyalis.
48:55
Yeah, I don't know why you have Vanyalis is Yeah, that's how.
49:00
Yeah, that's him. Bassinini.
49:03
I don't know what the hell he disappeared to.
49:05
And and Brad Bender. Brad Bender just needs to be,
49:09
you know, on on the crew. That's it.
49:12
Like he's been holding that seat too long.
49:15
Right. But is this is in the case of
49:18
Vinyalas and Bassinini? Is that a new ownership issue or
49:24
is it Lorenzo in whispering in in Vinyalis's ear?
49:29
It's a Lorenzo and a KTM being broke issue.
49:40
I mean, I expected so much out of Maverick to start this year.
49:45
Me too. I know it's only a race 2, but
49:48
he's been garbled like terrible, like both both grand prixs and,
49:54
and stuff like that. But Kate, Pedro Costa is
49:57
definitely holding it down. He's showing that even if he
50:01
went to another team, he probably, you know, be up there
50:04
because he has that drive. He has that.
50:06
Will it doesn't matter what he's on.
50:08
Yeah, he's mad at the bike but he doesn't have no support.
50:12
Really. Seems like they show bring one
50:13
like Bastionini. Like when is he show up?
50:16
The last three rounds and then calls himself the Beast.
50:20
Mavericks not showing up right now and then Brad Benders, like
50:24
they said, been there forever. It's like he's just winging it
50:27
like like Rinz right now, you know, on Yamaha, he's just just
50:31
happy to have a contract. Rinz is like don't do.
50:35
That Rinz. Rinz is doing all right.
50:37
I listen. I'll keep Rinz before I keep Mia
50:39
because his crash building. I would too.
50:42
I would too. It's just.
50:43
It's just. I was just comparing.
50:45
Like out of the four Yamaha riders, range is like the the
50:48
most content with everything or Fabio's like, ah, this ain't
50:52
working. Range is like, yeah it's a great
50:53
bike but but. Yeah, I, I.
51:00
Think it's time for a shake up in KTM.
51:02
Like a major one. Like just get rid of all four
51:07
like. I'm sure.
51:09
Kate Thompson doesn't want to be there, so might as well just
51:14
just make the move. We we're getting, we're getting
51:17
rid of. All all full riders.
51:20
You got to, man. Yeah.
51:23
Yeah, you need you. Need a shake up?
51:24
New season. It's a new.
51:26
Season coming, so there's. Got to be a big shake up.
51:31
Yeah, he'll probably keep Brian Bender.
51:33
No, yeah. No, I mean.
51:35
Well, you know, let's talk about Yamaha and we'll talk about, you
51:39
know, contracts and all that because, you know, I don't know
51:43
what happened in the last few years.
51:45
Moto GP was pretty good at keeping secrets, but apparently,
51:49
you know, what's on the Internet is true.
51:51
But let's talk about Yamaha and their struggles.
51:57
You know, you mentioned Renz Quatarara was able to put that
52:00
bike on 4th on the grid in fourth place.
52:02
That kind of said to you, Quatarara might be able to do
52:05
it. It was a small track and he
52:07
tried to defend. I mean, he did try to defend.
52:10
I mean he ended up dropping down the field in both in both races,
52:15
but nonetheless, you know, top speed looking.
52:20
This is not the best tracks to judge top speed.
52:22
I think Coda would be a better job at top speed of that Yamaha,
52:27
but the Ducati wasn't jumping out in front of that Yamaha like
52:31
that or these other bikes. I mean, they, they, you know, it
52:33
didn't look that bad. As far as power.
52:36
I mean, is it matter just these guys getting more comfortable
52:38
with the engine and maybe set up at this point 'cause I mean, I
52:43
mean it, it was more noticeable, I think in the first round.
52:46
But in this round, it didn't look like, you know, the bikes
52:50
that were close to Quattrara was jumping out.
52:52
And again, like I said, the dude was able to put the bike forth
52:56
on the grid in qualifying. What are your thoughts, TJ?
53:01
I think. I think the Yamaha just.
53:03
Lost the step just at the end of the straightaway and no it
53:06
wasn't long enough but this has to be set up because I feel like
53:10
the Ducatis and the Prairie is able to attack the turn one a
53:14
little harder or break harder. I would say also the Yamaha, but
53:21
Fabio did a great job holding off Iron Gore for a couple laps
53:26
defending, but it just it just didn't have enough.
53:29
I think it just came down to that little straightaway where
53:32
they just had just enough to get by just at the end to do a block
53:35
pass into the corner. So this is still got a little.
53:41
A lot of work to do on the Yamaha.
53:42
But this was probably one of the tracks that will probably be
53:46
best suited for them. So I think they're probably
53:49
really be in trouble if they can't figure it out because this
53:51
was their chance to to to get up there.
53:54
I mean, they did fairly, I mean, let's see.
53:57
I mean in the Sprint. You know Fabio did.
54:01
OK. But other than that, I mean the
54:05
Yamahas were 14, 1617, you know, they did mention if anybody
54:11
broke any later. Than Quatararo, they're in the
54:12
car park, so I mean and then and then and then Jack, Jack.
54:19
Miller, Jack Miller couldn't even do like 2 laps before he
54:23
and let it go. So like 203, it's right, you
54:30
know, it's it's. It, it's tough, but we'll talk,
54:32
we'll talk about crashing and all that because obviously
54:35
nobody wants to crash. But what are your thoughts, man?
54:37
Reese on Yamaha and you know, is, is our our even though it
54:44
may not seem like it, are they making progress?
54:49
The struggle is real, man. The struggle is real.
54:58
Hopefully they're making. Progress.
54:59
I mean, from what I hear, they. Won't even have the new, the new
55:02
or the more powerful platform until mid season.
55:06
And even that is still kind of skeptical.
55:11
So I mean, hopefully they'll make a good thing and go ahead,
55:22
you know? We'll see.
55:26
Yeah, no, the the the. The struggle's real for Yamaha
55:29
and and and indeed let's let's talk about these contracts
55:34
because, you know, all these folks were it sounds like back.
55:40
Nice. Signed already.
55:41
If you listen to the commentators, it sounds like
55:43
Acosta signed already. Sounds like Martina signed
55:47
already. If you're listening to it sounds
55:49
like a cop. Yeah.
55:52
Did I say Costa already? Acosta signed.
55:55
So what are your thoughts on that?
55:59
Man, because if, if, if it's. True.
56:01
And Martine goes to Yamaha. Why would you go to a brand
56:05
that's not as quick as the brand you were leaving?
56:07
I mean, I know why, because it's all politics.
56:09
It's not his skill set. But Martine can't feel good
56:13
about going to Yamaha. I mean, he set himself up for.
56:21
This. I mean, you got to be, I mean,
56:26
what, what do you want to say? I'm I'm not even mad if that if
56:29
that's the case, because like all he did last year trying.
56:33
To get out of his contract. And not to say that he, you
56:37
know, Yamaha will turn out to be bad on the the new bikes, but,
56:41
you know, I'm sure that's not where he wanted to go, but where
56:45
I was skinny go. I mean, he's burned his bridges
56:48
pretty much. And I was saying for this year
56:50
and all he has to do is just shut up and ride and win and not
56:54
complain. And I thought that yeah, that's
56:58
the only. Way I feel like he can he can
57:01
like get back on the playing field with with the crew, but I
57:04
know we talked about like recent and the numbers guy was just
57:08
like no he's done yeah no it it it's not I I hope he wins and.
57:12
Stays with Yamaha but I mean Yamaha Aprilia but it sounds
57:15
like Petco is with Aprilia which I think it's a win for Petco.
57:20
I think it is AL for Ducati. It may not seem like it, but to
57:25
them maybe. But like I think that that, you
57:28
know, they should have kept Bagnaya.
57:30
But if Bagnaya goes to Aprilia, is it a one for one trade?
57:36
I mean, he has two world titles, Martine has one, but is it a one
57:39
for one trade like, you know, Reese?
57:45
Oh, Lost Reese, we'll go with TJ.
57:48
Is that a one for one trade? You know with Bagnaya going to
57:53
Aprilia and and losing Martine? Or, you know, Aprilia should
58:00
find a way to keep Martine. I mean, it's tough like I, I.
58:06
Think Aprilia should find a way to keep Martine just because he
58:09
is a champion and you got a great package in the team right
58:13
now. When you shake up a team, you
58:16
got to build that chemistry all over again.
58:19
Petco, I mean, obviously they can go to a different
58:22
manufacturing ride like Mark went from Honda to Ducati.
58:26
And but for Petco, I don't even has he ran rid anything other
58:31
than Ducati. So for him to go to Aprilia,
58:33
it's going to be obviously a learning curve, new bike and
58:37
everything's going to be different.
58:38
So it's going to be like, it's going to be like Bezecki leaving
58:41
Ducati. And Martini leaving Ducati, I
58:45
guess, yeah. I mean, it's going to take him a
58:48
while to adapt, but you know, is it a one for one trade maybe?
58:57
Dagnay got world title so. Which side are you?
58:59
Leaning, I mean, I'll take, I'll take back.
59:05
Out because he doesn't. I know he ain't going to
59:07
complain, you know. I mean, he does complain, but
59:09
not like bringing it down to the contract.
59:13
He might, you know, upset with some things.
59:17
He. Ain't using bots to sell
59:19
records? What are you?
59:22
Man, I mean, you know, is it a one for one trade?
59:24
You know, I mean, I do think Martine loses if he goes to
59:28
Honda or Yamaha if if Aprilia is a reference, which is
59:32
unfortunate, but if Bagnaya is with Aprilia next season, like
59:39
is it a win for Bagnaya? Could be, I mean for back now I
59:55
had to leave and go to another manufacturer.
59:58
It might be good for him, might do him some justice, you know,
1:00:01
build the confidence back up. You know, it's sometimes, you
1:00:03
know, you once you get that bad taste in your mouth with
1:00:05
another, with one one it just it's like a snowball effect.
1:00:09
It just keeps happening. It happened.
1:00:10
It happened. So, you know, once he gets on
1:00:12
something different and something new, IT might be good
1:00:15
for him and and. Martine we.
1:00:20
We can all say it's not a win for him going to Honda or or
1:00:24
Yamaha, but it sounds like it's Yamaha.
1:00:26
It sounds like it's Yamaha. But again.
1:00:30
Here we go again, which which I was talking about again earlier.
1:00:33
I mean, we're going to another whole era of, you know, we.
1:00:38
Don't know what somebody's bringing.
1:00:40
We don't. I mean, you're slowing the bikes
1:00:42
down a little bit. I mean, you can see that Yamaha,
1:00:45
like you were saying in the beginning with the tracks, you
1:00:48
know, they don't have a lot. This track didn't have a lot of
1:00:51
straightaway. So you know, it may not affected
1:00:54
them as much. I mean, so, you know, going
1:00:56
slowing the bike down. Yamaha may, you know, turn
1:00:59
around, have a different have a different output looked on this.
1:01:02
So you never know. We don't know what they're going
1:01:04
to do next year. All right, so it's it's 0. 0 is
1:01:07
what you're saying. Love love love.
1:01:09
That's what I say. I, I say it's a 0.
1:01:11
It's a. Even platform at this point.
1:01:16
We talked about KTM, let's talk about the rookies, Top Rock and
1:01:20
Diego. Diego overall is he is the
1:01:24
rookie of the year 2 rounds in if you ask me.
1:01:29
But Tap Rock wasn't, you know, the last man standing.
1:01:32
What are your thoughts? Is it more the platform than the
1:01:35
riders at this point? I would say it's more of a.
1:01:43
It's kind of like both. I mean, the riders have to get
1:01:45
used to certain things and the platform has to get a little
1:01:48
better. I mean, Yamaha's platform
1:01:51
definitely had to get better. So it it.
1:01:54
Could be a little bit of both, and it could.
1:01:56
Be just even even Steven right now, it's like, you know, top
1:02:02
rack. I mean, top rack can ride.
1:02:04
He's a he's a hell of a rider, but the platform that he's on is
1:02:08
just not it's just not it, you know, so and then the guys that
1:02:12
do have the platform, they just have to catch up to that
1:02:14
platform, right. But I mean, even still, he
1:02:17
should he, you know, he. He, I don't know what that his
1:02:19
standard is, but he should be at least one or two on that bike
1:02:23
though, even though it's not the best bike, right?
1:02:26
But then again, here we go. I mean.
1:02:27
He's coming from a production bike now you're going into, you
1:02:30
know, so let's give him time. Yeah, give him.
1:02:33
Time he's got to change up. You know, he had a certain
1:02:36
riding style. He's coming from the stunt world
1:02:38
that was down racing, which is very great.
1:02:41
So you know, he's got to, he's got to do a lot of, he's got to
1:02:44
change up a whole lot of riding style to get to that that bike
1:02:47
and that bike has got to get well in form.
1:02:52
Got to remember press that right hand.
1:02:53
Device going down the street. Imagine going down but damn I
1:02:58
forgot. To press it.
1:02:59
I got to press it, you know? Yeah, he.
1:03:02
Used to a lot of a lot of things.
1:03:04
And different body position, like Reese said.
1:03:07
And it's just just a whole lot of, of learning to do.
1:03:12
I mean, Diego's doing the same thing.
1:03:16
I mean. Diego's doing the same thing,
1:03:18
but I think like. Reese's saying he has a better
1:03:20
package overall, and I feel like he's also a good rider, so when
1:03:24
he wants to latch 1 to somebody to see their lines, his package
1:03:29
can keep up better than with top racks on.
1:03:32
So it's a little harder to figure out for him and I'm sure
1:03:37
he'll get it. But Diego's definitely the
1:03:39
rookie of the year so far. I I I completely agree.
1:03:44
All right, let's talk about, I mean, you know, Lewis isn't
1:03:46
here, but let's, let's, let's talk about where we're at now,
1:03:50
guys. And, and, and we can see the
1:03:53
scores overall, which is, you know, somewhat unfortunate.
1:03:58
Unfortunate, but, you know, we got Lewis with a total of 79
1:04:02
points. Reese in second place is 67
1:04:05
points. I'm not quite sure how I'm down
1:04:08
with just 45 points, but I think it's because I picked more of a
1:04:11
deli. Holy crap.
1:04:17
Man, I'm trying to get into front place.
1:04:22
This is This is where. We are right now after 2 rounds,
1:04:27
pretty, pretty wild to see. Pretty cool to see too.
1:04:31
But you know the number of guys in here give, give, give.
1:04:34
He'll have some bragging rights on the field next week when he
1:04:37
comes on. But it's only around 2:00 so I
1:04:39
guess we got to pick some people for this round coming up.
1:04:43
I'll get I'll get Luis is off here, so at least we'll we'll
1:04:47
have his. What are you looking to see, TJ?
1:04:53
Man like. Choose wisely, Choose wisely.
1:04:58
I mean I can only go like. With with you know how, how it's
1:05:03
going. So Prairie is definitely going
1:05:05
to be up there, but gotta go with, you know.
1:05:09
Bez is going. To be for sure up there, what's
1:05:12
going on with Sprint first, right?
1:05:13
So I'll say Bez, I'll say Marc Marquez is definitely trying to
1:05:21
win another championship. So he's going to be up there and
1:05:27
I'm going to have to say, I'm going to have to say Pedro
1:05:33
Acosta for the spread. OK, so.
1:05:38
And yeah. And then?
1:05:41
For my GP. I'll say, say.
1:05:47
Mark, Alex and I'll. Say Bezeki.
1:05:51
OK. All right.
1:05:54
What are you going with, Harry? I mean, of course.
1:05:58
I mean, we're going. To Koda, you know, I'm on my way
1:06:00
there now, so I got to go with the King of Koda, which is Mark,
1:06:04
you know, he that is this track. He's been looking forward to
1:06:06
what he said. You know, we'll see how his
1:06:08
injury holds up. I mean, and we know the track
1:06:11
surface is prepped and ready to go.
1:06:13
You know, so I got to go with King of Koda.
1:06:15
Both Sprint and GPI got to go with Bazecki, and then I got to
1:06:23
go, you know, unfortunately, I'm going to change it up and I'm
1:06:25
going with Jorge Martin. OK, All right, all right.
1:06:29
That's all three all. Right.
1:06:31
I like it. I mean, that's pretty much how
1:06:34
I'm going to go. I think I'm going with my team
1:06:36
for both. I'm going with Bezeqi for both
1:06:40
and tough I would say. Biliyalis because he was nice.
1:06:53
Last year, but he got, he got disqualified because of tire
1:06:56
pressure, right? Or something like that, you
1:07:01
know? What I'm going to go I'm.
1:07:03
Going to Iagura, I'm doing all I'm doing all Aprilia 123 who
1:07:10
that's still a. Good though.
1:07:12
Yeah, I know. Agora.
1:07:18
Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's.
1:07:19
He's 'cause he was not I, I. Know, I think it was Raul that
1:07:22
was nice last year. I don't remember if it was him
1:07:23
or or whatever, but I think he had a good outing and and I
1:07:26
agree, I agree was looking nice. He did 2 fifth places.
1:07:29
So I'll take that. I mean, did you has a chance
1:07:32
too, right? So I mean, obviously all these
1:07:34
riders do. We're only picking 3 and it is
1:07:37
what it is. And you know, I mean, did you is
1:07:39
showing some light, but we need consistency with him.
1:07:44
You know, I think I agree with pre was more consistent last
1:07:47
year until his injury and he's showing that he got something
1:07:51
already this year. So and obviously Bez and Martine
1:07:54
are showing something. So, you know, and you know,
1:07:58
Marquez didn't get on the podium for the GP.
1:08:01
So I. Got to go with the King Dakota
1:08:05
man I. I I can't leave him out and this
1:08:08
is his track. He's been undefeated ever since
1:08:11
we came. He's been there.
1:08:12
So he didn't get it last year. Hey.
1:08:15
He's still there. He.
1:08:17
Didn't get it? Yeah, when rings won it.
1:08:19
On a Honda we know, but who's got the most?
1:08:23
Well, yeah, listen, I mean, Bill Russell got the most rings, I
1:08:28
mean. But you know what I'm saying?
1:08:30
We working on it, right? Hey, well, you got to go with
1:08:32
the odds though. You got to go with.
1:08:33
The odds but but looking at this past round at mark.
1:08:38
You know, it's it's still hard. Yeah, it's still hard.
1:08:42
But the. Track surface sucks and the man.
1:08:47
Is old and don't want to. Hurt anymore.
1:08:49
He likes to wake up and feel all every every bone and body part
1:08:54
he has. I mean, hey, listen, I.
1:08:57
Don't blame him on that. I.
1:08:59
Want to walk? Well, no, I I agree.
1:09:01
That's the whole. Thing I, I, I, I do feel, I
1:09:04
mean, obviously we all do after at some point in our 30s, you
1:09:09
know, we, we, we stop, you know, we, we, we start to care more
1:09:12
about our body and our health, right?
1:09:17
That's exactly what it is. We're like, yeah, now we going
1:09:20
to. I'm not doing that no more.
1:09:23
Sorry. You know what I'm saying?
1:09:24
I'm not I'm. Not racing with these 20 year
1:09:26
olds no more on these hard sixes.
1:09:27
They give you a small bite as Lewis would say.
1:09:31
Man, we don't bounce like that, no.
1:09:32
More man, we just go dud. Which is I mean for.
1:09:39
Marquez, it's not. Unfortunate because he's had an
1:09:42
illustrious career and you think of people like Penny Hardaway or
1:09:45
Grand Hill and some of these or even you know, some of the guys
1:09:48
in in you know, speeds or some of these guys that got hurt and
1:09:51
they get a chance, right. He's he he has titles and he
1:09:54
didn't have to bow out because the injuries to get the before
1:09:57
getting those titles. So honestly, when you look at it
1:10:00
and look at him, it's like, listen, right now I'm tied with
1:10:03
with one of the best. SO it's like, you know, it's
1:10:06
like 1 in worst case it's three people.
1:10:08
Me, Rossi and Agostini. Come on, man, I'm good.
1:10:12
Exactly. At this point I'm good.
1:10:14
I. Mean I'm up there in the top
1:10:15
three and I'm, I'm in the goat. You know, I'm, I'm in the goat
1:10:19
category. I'm, I'm in one of the goats.
1:10:21
So I'm good. My legacy is sealed.
1:10:24
Yeah, definitely. So it it you know.
1:10:28
So we'll see what happens throughout the year.
1:10:29
I don't I don't see Marquez. It doesn't seem like Marquez is
1:10:32
willing. He's he's not the Marquez of
1:10:35
years before where he's he was willing to send it.
1:10:38
Do you do you think that? No, he.
1:10:41
He's more, he's more surgical. Yeah, go ahead.
1:10:45
You think? That, as I say, you think that
1:10:47
his. Reason to wait to sign a
1:10:49
contract is because he needs to know if he can win a
1:10:53
championship. If you don't think he has a shot
1:10:55
in winning, you don't think he or Did he already sign I?
1:10:59
Didn't see that yet. He didn't.
1:11:01
Sign yet and and I'm and he's the one.
1:11:03
That wanted to hold off because I think Ducati wanted to sign
1:11:05
them. And, and that's very, it's, it's
1:11:07
very strange because, you know, I know Lewis said he was doing
1:11:11
it for leverage, but, you know, if he, if he can't perform at
1:11:18
the same level he performed last year, he's going to lose that
1:11:21
leverage, you know? So you know, I don't.
1:11:26
Know if he's trying to do like a Czarco with KTM and just saying
1:11:30
you know what I'm saying, I'm all set, I'm good.
1:11:32
You know what I mean? I don't I don't have to I'm not
1:11:34
I don't want to take your money because I can't ride this bike
1:11:37
or if he was looking to get more money.
1:11:40
But if Aprugia keeps winning and and he's not on the podium.
1:11:45
At all, it's going to be. Hard to get that money.
1:11:49
I just I. Just wonder if that's why he's
1:11:51
just like. Yeah, just give me a second
1:11:52
because like, let me sneak a couple more rounds in.
1:11:55
Like he'd probably just say if I can get Koda, then yeah, I can
1:11:59
probably resign because I could probably win the rest a lot of
1:12:02
races and possibly contempt for another championship.
1:12:06
Because if he can't get it, then you know, that that that puts
1:12:10
you put you on like Rossi, where, you know, he couldn't win
1:12:13
anymore. You know, just like I've done
1:12:17
enough. I don't want to get hurt again.
1:12:19
Yeah, yeah, I mean it. It is.
1:12:21
It is a. Thing I think that's it guys.
1:12:26
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